Arsenal3-1Brentford:Howithappened

Brentford -

Wed Sep 26 - 19:45

WHAT HAPPENED

Danny Welbeck took centre stage as we swept past Brentford to reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

The England striker soared to head home an early opener from Matteo Guendouzi’s cross after the Frenchman had collected a short corner from Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

And Welbeck was then on hand to finish off a flowing team move to take his tally for the season to an impressive four goals in six games.

Our second goal was a thing of beauty. It started with goalkeeper Bernd Leno and involved Stephan Lichtsteiner, Mkhitaryan and then Alex Iwobi, who found Nacho Monreal for a square ball that Welbeck converted from close range. Glorious to watch.

Danny Welbeck celebrates his second goal against Brentford

Iwobi had a solid claim for a penalty turned down when Julian Jeanvier brought him down, and the one-way traffic continued unabated against a Brentford side that struggled to contain our pace and movement.

Mkhitaryan had two sights of goal and Iwobi shot narrowly over as we looked for a third, but the visitors were thrown a lifeline when Alan Judge curled a free-kick beyond Leno.

What had been a relative stroll was now a rather more anxious affair, but the introduction of Alex Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey stemmed the flow.

Monreal went close, forcing a wonderful save from Luke Daniels, but it was Lacazette who had the final word with a low finish in stoppage time.